While vampires are currently hot on the pop culture meter, pirates still remain popular among a certain group. Now it looks like The Sims 3 is going to go after that audience with a newly announced downloadable expansion for the people sim sequel. The Sims 3 Barnacle Bay was revealed today for a fall 2010 release via the online Sims 3 Storm (pricing was not announced).

The expansion will add Barnacle Bay, a new location for your Sims characters to check out when they are not talking in that weird language. From the description and the screenshots the new location will have a pirate theme with the Sims able to eat at The Wanderer's Watering Hole along with visits to Smuggler's Beach. There's also some kind of mystery at Barnacle Bay; why else are there ghosts in one on the DLC's screenshots?